2002-12-28 04:00:00 PDT Seyagerd, Afghanistan-- Obaidullah is watching his farm near this village in northern Afghanistan slowly wither and die. His orchard, which once numbered 350 trees, is down to ...

GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- After two months of rising tensions between rival warlords across much of Afghanistan, this strategic city 80 miles south of Kabul erupted Wednesday in heavy fighting that ...

Afghanistan’s collapse into a failed state is the result of decades of invasion, civil war, corruption, and broken ...

CHARBOLAK, Afghanistan -- Hunkered down behind walls topped with razor wire built by the U.S. military, Afghan army Capt. Abdul Jabar boasts his less than 200 lightly armed soldiers could easily take ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan’s first elected president to crack down on warlords and drugs. Karzai also offered an olive branch to the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan defended America's alliance with local warlords Friday, saying they are necessary in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban. However, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – A slew of political heavyweights, along with the Afghan president’s brother and a number of former warlords, will take part in next year’s election for top office in a critical ...

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - U.S. troops are giving confiscated weapons and ammunition to warlords in Afghanistan, a practice that critics say strengthens private militias and undermines attempts to ...

KABUL (AP) — Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left. Now they are back in positions of power, in part because ...

KABUL (Reuters) - A giant Afghan iron ore deposit may provide hope for the prosperity of the country, but the Afghan government is not able to ensure the mine is managed properly and profiteering ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 18 -- With efforts to disarm private militias faltering four months before scheduled national elections, the government of President Hamid Karzai is trying to appease powerful ...